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Use in varieties of Scots

paws Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 13.4 28.6 0 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences5026 19 0 0 5 0
Number of authors17 11 5 1

Occurrences of paws in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
nex tae the fire, lickin her paws an washin her face-an she's s on page 22
chess! The Duchess! Aw ma wee paws! Aw ma fur an whiskers! She'l on page 33
e Gryphon lifted up baith its paws in surprise. "Never heard ae on page 95
ures hid their faces in their paws. on page 96
o close, an wavin their front paws tae merk the time, while the on page 98

5 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
aena muckle pooer... Ye haena paws forby... Ye canna traivel ava on page 60

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
's laughin, puttin his filthy paws aw over hur. She's pushin him on page 39
his massive mountain-building paws. Both Kenzie brothers hud end on page 49

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Graspit in his paws. on page 24

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
urrin by the fire, lickin her paws an dichtin her face--an she's on page 21
hess! The Duchess! Oh my puir paws! Oh my fur an whuskers! She'l on page 32
turs hid their faces in their paws. on page 44

4 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
letter fae his big auld bear paws. "Geez that fuckin hing" on page 135
ae even hink aboot settin yur paws oan that couch." on page 151
The drive up tae the 'Paws Dog Sanctuary' oan the ootski on page 158
re ah feel someboady's grubby paws touch me oan the shoulder. An on page 168

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
is nae use. The tottie strang paws helt her ticht and she couldn on page 128

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
wk for dear life wi his front paws. Mrs Tod ran forrit tae help on page 18
meenits efter, Brock's front paws chapped somethin flat and har on page 60

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
found him lyin paws in air on page 47

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
white heids in their paws. And the craws didna like it on page 29

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
l and pounces up on me, baith paws square on ma chist, and stert
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
close, the sound ay scratchin paws scuttlin roon the stairwell.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
miraculously allude the cauld paws ae death. Efteraw, ah owe it
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n opportunity tae stretch his paws. Ah pop a few maire Imodium a
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
If I 'm crawlin on ma paws on page 81

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
nicely by e fire, lickan her paws an washan her face-an she is on page 21
uchess! E Duchess! Oh ma dear paws! Oh ma fur an whiskers! She'l on page 31
E Gryphon lfted up both ids paws in surprise. "Never heard o u on page 93
ters hid their faces in their paws. on page 94
oo close, an wavan their fore-paws till mark e time, while e Moc on page 96

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
yin its blaikness, clartin ma paws till they war yirdit. on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
y breeks, pit it's twa muckle paws on my shooders an then licked
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ed afore the fire, raxxin his paws, his wyme stappit wi parridge
dug, liftit his heid frae his paws an glowered at them, giein a
on wi his snoot in his muckle paws. Minnie stood up on a sack o
rse wis the preints o Benjy's paws, an the yalla cercle roon the
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
quo Scrat, dichtin her silky paws wi her wee pink tongue.
inside the pianie wi their paws clappit ower their Lugs. Some
in a trifle, an fyled his paws reversin oot.
paws, an a shakkin o heids n’ fu
mowser, an fin he lickit his paws tae clean them, got a moufu o
5 matches

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
nicely b' th fire, lickin hur paws an washin hur face an she is on page 21
hess! Th Duchess! Och ma dear paws! Och ma fur an whiskers! She' on page 32
Gryphon lifted up baith eets paws in surprise. "Havnae heard o on page 93
ters put their heids in their paws. on page 96
ie close, an wavin their fore-paws tae mark th time, while th Mo on page 99

5 matches

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